Novelty pin or brooch



Sept. 5, 1950 R. ADLER NOVELTY PIN OR BROOCH Filed NOV. 13, 1946SWW/Wto@ Roman Adler Patented Sept. 5, 1950 UNITED -STATES PATENT OFFICENOVELTY PIN OR BROOCH Roman Adler, New York, N. Y. Application November13, 1946; Serial No. 709,509

(Cl. (i3- 20) 1 Claim.

Generically this invention relates to costume jewelry, but moreparticularly it is directed to a novelty pin or the like.

The principal object of this invention is the provision of a pin of thischaracter including an indicia bearing element which may besuc-cessively brought into and out of view.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a novelty pinconstructed in a manner such that the arm element bearing predeterminedindicia, such for instance, as Navy, Army, or other name designation, isoperable to visually expose the indicia carried by said element and towithdraw the same from View, as desired.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a noveltypin, including a spring controlled normally concealed indicia bearingelement, and means in connection with said element normally operable toproject said indicia into View, and upon release of said manuallyoperable means, to automatically withdraw said indicia from View.

With these and other objects in View, which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which likecharacters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalgures, of which:

Fig. 1 is a rear plan View of the front casing portion taken on the lineI-I of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. lwith the front and back casing portions in disassembled relation.

No. 3 is a front elevation of the device with the indicia bearingelement in concealed position.

Fig. 4 is a similar View to Fig. 3 with the normally concealed elementin exposed position.

In the illustrated embodiment characterizing this invention there isshown an article of novelty jewelry such as a pin, brooch, or the like,in the present instance, being in the form of a heart-shaped pin orbrooch A, comprising a front casing member I adapted at its free edge tofric tionally engage over the edge of the complemental back portion B aswill directly more fully appear.

The front casing portion or member l is adapted to have mounted orjournaled therein vertically spaced from its apex a pin 2, on the outerend of which is suitably mounted an operating handle or lever 3, formedwith a spacer It, said lever in the present instance, being in the formof a question-mark, and mounted on said pin and suitably secured theretoand within said casing 2 is an enlarged spacer or bushing member 5.Mounted on said bushing 5 is a coil spring 6, having one end, as at l,anchored by a lug 8, soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the innersurface of'casing I, and the other end 9 engageable with the:undersurface of a slightly bent or arcuate arm Iii mounted on pin 2 andin seating engagement with bushing 5, said arm being suitably secured tosaid pin.

The casing I is formed with an elongated opening or slot II throughwhich arm IQ is movable into exposed and concealed positions and itsupward movement in concealing direction is limited by the lug I2soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the inner surface of casing I,and the downward movement of said arm is limited by the lower edge I3 ofslot II to position the exposed portion I4 of said arm in a horizontalposition as shown in Fig. 4, said portion I4 adapted to bear any desiredindicia I5.

The portion B comprises a flat complemental casing portion or member I 6adapted to frictionally engage within casing I and which completes theformation of the pin A. In order to attach the pin A to an article ofclothing, a pin and catch mechanism I'I is attached in any well knownmanner to the rear surface of casing portion I6.

The operation of the pin device would appear to be clear from the abovedescription, but it might be well to further state that normally theportion I4 of arm I0 is maintained concealed by the action of spring 6as shown in Fig. 1, and when it is desired to expose portion M it isonly necessary to manually move the free end of the lever 3 upwardlyfrom the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig. 4, whichrotates pin 2 and moving arm I!! downwardly and outf.

be enhanced by indicia inscribed on or otherwiseapplied to the exteriorsurface of said casing such as Belongs to the lever 3 representing saidquestion-mark, said question adapted to be answered by operation of saidlever 3 bringing the concealed indicia on arm portion I4 into exposedposition such, for instance, as Navy, Army, or other desireddesignation. The permanently adapted to be varied, as desired.

From the above it will be observed that I have designed a novelty pinWhich may be worn normallygas an ordinary article of jewelry or may beoperated to afford amusement, said device being pleasing in appearance,comprising few parts, simple in construction, and manufacturable at aminimum cost.

Although in practice it has been found that the form of the inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawings and referred to in the abovedescription as the preferred embodiment is the most eflicient andpractical, yet realizing that conditions concurrent with the adoption ofthe invention will necessarily vary, it is well to emphasize thatvarious minor changes in details of construction, proportion andarrangement of parts, may be resorted to Within the scope of theappended claim Without departing from or sacricing any of the principlesof the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I desire protected by LettersPatent is as set forth in the following claim:

In a novelty pin, a closed casing comprising front and back separableportions, said front portion being formed with a slot, a pin journaledin said front portion and extending Within said casing, a spacer elementmounted on said pin, a substantially arcuate retractible indicia bearingarm mounted on and secured to the end of said pin in seating engagementwith said spacer element and operable through said slot, a springmounted on said spacer element having one end anchored to said frontportion and the other engaging the edge of said arm, said springfunctioning to normally urge said arm within the casing, an operatinglever mounted on and secured to said pin exteriorly of the casing, saidlever being manually operable to project, against the action of saidspring, said arm and indicia into view beyond said casing, said springautomatically returning said arm and indicia to concealed position uponrelease of said lever, and means carried by said front portion to limitthe retractile movement of said arm.

ROMAN ADLER.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Fisher Aug. 23, 1904Number

